In October, GPC acquired a 13-acre shoreline property along the Hood Canal in Seabeck, WA, with the long-term goal of restoring a historic pocket estuary and salt marsh habitat for…
Behind the Scenes with Stewardship: Holding & Stewarding Conservation Easements
Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) holds conservation easements on 63 privately-owned properties, totaling over 1,500 acres of protected land. A conservation easement (CE) is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner…
GPC Legacy Member Highlight: Margie Esola
Margie Esola grew up in the city, but her parents always made sure the family spent their summers exposed to nature. “Medford Lakes [an hour outside Philadelphia], that was our…
Summer Land Labs: Puget Sound Shorelines
Sunny days at Arness Park in Kingston set the stage for GPC’s Land Labs module focused on the shorelines of Puget Sound. Thanks to the hard work and support from…
Management Plans: A closer look
Last month our stewardship team explained the different types of baseline documentation and record-keeping that must be conducted in order to best steward our fee-owned properties and conservation easements. Let’s…
Vote NO on Initiative 2117
GPC relies on state grant funding to preserve vital wildlife habitat, especially for salmon recovery. To protect the salmon streams, shorelines, forests, and farmlands essential to the health of our…
Behind the scenes with Stewardship: Documentation and Reports
Learn more about the importance of Land Trust documentation and reporting for Great Peninsula Conservancy’s Stewardship team.
Success at Summer of Stillwaters
On July 19th and 20th, the Kingston community came out to celebrate Great Peninsula Conservancy’s Summer of Stillwaters; a five event series celebrating the integration of Stillwaters Environmental Center as…
June European Green Crab Molt Search Training
On June 13th, Great Peninsula Conservancy hosted a Molt Search Training at Misery Point Preserve in conjunction with Washington Sea Grant’s Crab Team and Washington State University Extension. Molt Search…
Get ready for GPC’s Summer of Stillwaters Events!
Photo Credit Tom Twigg Photography and Video Since 1999, the Stillwaters Environmental Center has been dedicated to informing and empowering the Kingston community to make ecologically responsible decisions for the…